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** George is summoned to the middle of an African jungle to provide legal counsel to one Dr. Cholmondely, and cross paths with Susarro, and another conspiracy. Later, he travels to Glastonbury, In the British Islands, in search of Bruno Ostvaldt, following a clue he found in Africa.
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** George is summoned to the middle of an African jungle to provide legal counsel to one Dr. Cholmondely, and cross crosses paths with Susarro, a man named Susarro and another conspiracy. Later, he travels to Glastonbury, In in the British Islands, in search of Bruno Ostvaldt, following a clue he found in Africa.
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* StealthSequel: This game was revealed to be a sequel from the first game ''The Shadow of the Templars'', with some characters showed up from the latter.
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** George is summoned to the middle of an African jungle to provide legal counsel to one Dr. Cholmondely, and cross paths with Susarro, and another conspiracy. Later, he travels to Glastonbury, In the British Islands, in search of Bruno Ostvaldt, following a clue he found in Africa.
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** George is summoned to the middle of an African jungle to provide legal counsel to one Dr. Cholmondely, and cross paths with Susarro, and another conspiracy. Later, he travels to Glastonbury, In the British Islands, in search of Bruno Ostvaldt, following a clue he found in Africa.
** Meanwhile, Nico is after another big scoop, and sets a interview with a geek guy who supposedly translated a dangerous manuscript. She ends up crossing paths with a female assassin that seems to have a personal vendetta against her.
*** At last, their paths cross at an abandoned theatre on Île de la Vache, and the larger picture appears: a new conspiracy is on the rise, and involves the contents of the manuscript the geek decrypted.
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-->'''Piledriver:''' Are you aware of the annual Glastonbury Popular Music Festival?
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The Japanese [=PS2=] version cover features George and Nico swinging in the rope while Nico's wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt and holding a gun. They don't do anything like that in the actual game, though.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The Japanese [=PS2=] version cover features George and Nico swinging in the rope while Nico's wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt short skirt and holding a gun. They don't do anything like that in the actual game, though.
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* StaticStunGun: [[spoiler: One of the members of St. Stefan Knights Templar uses a taser to knock out George and steal the Key of Solomon.]]
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* BerserkButton: [[MyNaymeIs Dudley Cholmondely]] gets angry at people who doesn't pronounce his name correctly.
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* EscapeSequence: Happens few times in the game especially the parts where George and Nico have to flee from Petra.
* EverybodysDeadDave: Averted. [[spoiler: George enters to a room where several Templar members are killed by Susarro's army.]]
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* WorkingTheSameCase: George investigates the murder of a scientist in Congo, while Nico is trying to find the killer who shot the computer hacker in Paris. George lampshades about it after he saves Nico in the theater.
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'''''Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon''''' is the third game in ''VideoGame/BrokenSword'' series.
!! These tropes can explain everything:
* AbandonedArea: L'Heiroglyphe.
* AdventurerOutfit: George and Nico wear safari outfits during their journey in Congo and [[spoiler:Egypt]].
* AncientOrderOfProtectors: The St. Stefan Chapter of the Knights Templar.
* AngryGuardDog: The dogs in Susarro's castle and in St. Stephan Chapter headquarters.
* ApocalypseCult: The Cult of the Dragon.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: George decides to put a famous legend to the test. [[spoiler: After been recently knighted by a long-forgotten Knights Templar sect, accidentally finding King Arthur's tomb and retrieving Excalibur (as it often happens, it's confused with the fabled 'sword in the stone') AND slaying a dragon, George throws the sword into a nearby lake. Nothing happens. Nico realizes that he believed a hand would come up out of the water and says, "Get real, George." with only the slightest hint of irony. Then the sword suddenly sinks, as if it was pulled under the water...]]
* ArmiesAreEvil: Susarro's army.
* AsideGlance: Before the credits roll George asks Nico what happened to [[spoiler: Petra, the assassin who tried to kill them both many times throughout the game]] which prompts her to say that she just, "disappeared" and her eyes quickly glace towards the camera/player. Potentially displaying Genre Savvy-ness, given how many other "disappeared" characters turn up in later games.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: George has to remember the verse from the book of Revelation in order to [[spoiler: open the secret door to Preceptor's chamber.]]
* [[spoiler:AttackOfThe50FootWhatever]]:[[spoiler: The dragon in Glastonbury]].
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: ''The Sleeping Dragon''.
* BattleInTheRain: The final challenge [[spoiler: has Nico and Petra having a showdown while George is fighting against the dragon in the middle of stormy weather.]]
* BerserkButton: [[MyNaymeIs Dudley Cholmondely]] gets angry at people who doesn't pronounce his name correctly.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Susarro and Petra, [[spoiler: but the latter one actually works for the Grand Master]].
* BigNo: [[spoiler: The Grand Master realizes that he cannot control the Dragon Power.]]
* BigRedButton: Cholmondely's machine has one but it causes to attract the enemy's attention. Later in the game, George lampshades about it after he pressed the button under [[spoiler: Susarro's desk.]]
* BlockPuzzle: Almost every other room, which was slightly controversial with casual adventure gamers.
* BookcasePassage: [[spoiler: There's a hidden emergency exit behind the bookshelf in Susarro's office and later a hidden passage in the catacomb's wine cellar.]]
* BorrowedCatchphrase: George hears [[ICanExplain his own catchphrase]] from Tristram [[spoiler:to avoid getting beaten by Eamon.]]
* BossRemix: [[spoiler:The Grand Master has one after his transformation into a dragon.]]
* BottomlessBladder: When Nico uses her bathroom her phone receives some of the messages. Later in the game, George can use the public toilet (or "pissoir", as the caretaker calls it) in Montfaucon square.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Inverted in the Japanese version. The cutscene where [[spoiler: Harry's plane is close to the roofs in flooded Glastonbury]] is more violent.
* BrokenRecord: This is what George describes to [[spoiler: the Anubis hologram]]. [[LampshadeHanging He and Nico think it's just a recording]].
* CallBack: The red clown's nose George carried around in the original game can be seen in Nico's apartment.
* CaneFu: Susarro [[spoiler: uses his cane as a shield to block George's punch.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler: Petra attempts to kill Nico this way to stop Nico from finding out the contents inside Vernon's DVD disc.]]
* CatFight: Nico and Petra.
* ChekhovsGun: The scarf in Dragon Temple. [[spoiler:This is the reason why the Cult of the Dragon decided to destroy the Templars of St. Stefan Chapter and steal the Key of Solomon in Paris.]]
* ChessWithDeath: [[spoiler:The Anubis challenges George and Nico by solving [[FoxChickenGrainPuzzle a puzzle that involves Horus]] for both of their own lives and gain access to the Armillary]].
* ClosetGeek: George reveals that he has a collection of ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' merchandise.
* ConceptArtGallery: As rewards after the ending credits.
* ContinuityNod: ''The Sleeping Dragon'' makes some references in the first game including the group of enemies, history of UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar [[spoiler: and George wants to tell Nico how he escaped in Bull's Head Hill in Syria again.]]
* ConvenientMisfire: Petra's magnum sometimes jams while she's trying to kill George and Nico.
* CooldownHug: Nico delivers one to George [[spoiler: after they witnessed Bruno's death.]]
* CopyProtection: The US PC version of ''The Sleeping Dragon'' contains the dreaded Starforce copy protection.
* CoupDeGraceCutscene: Near the end,[[spoiler: the cutscene shows George stabs the dragon's lower jaw and slashes its neck which turns the dragon into shattered crystals.]]
* CoversAlwaysLie: The Japanese [=PS2=] version cover features George and Nico swinging in the rope while Nico's wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt and holding a gun. They don't do anything like that in the actual game, though.
* TheCracker: Inverted with Vernon Blier who just hired for the need of money.
* {{Cult}}: The Cult of the Dragon which was a former group of [[spoiler: Neo-Templars.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: This game compared to the previous installments.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler: George and Nico discover a mutilated corpse near in the elevator and later an explorer who got impaled with spikes in Congo.]]
* DismantledMacGuffin: The three alphabet stones which are used [[spoiler:in opening the door to the Armillary]].
* DressingAsTheEnemy: George and Nico go undercover as [[spoiler: Susarro's henchmen to get inside the castle and save Bruno.]]
* ElaborateUndergroundBase:[[spoiler: The St. Stefan Chapter of Knights Templar hides in sewers in Montfaucon Square.]]
* ElevatorEscape: George and Nico have to reach the elevator before Petra captures them.
* EnemyChatter: Two soldiers in Susarro's castle are talking about Petra's interrogation methods.
* EscapeSequence: Happens few times in the game especially the parts where George and Nico have to flee from Petra.
* EverybodysDeadDave: Averted. [[spoiler: George enters to a room where several Templar members are killed by Susarro's army.]]
* ExactEavesDropping:
** George sees Susarro and two Congolonese soldiers talking through the cave's small hole.
** George and Nico overheard [[spoiler: Susarro's conversation about the search of Key of Solomon to Petra, Bruno and Flap]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At one point in the game, Zazie tells George that she saw a vision of Bruno being killed on fire and a dragon eye. Upon entering the warehouse, George only sees a mysterious man wearing a blue hood. [[spoiler: It turns out that man is the Grand Master, who will transform into a dragon.]]
* FryingPanOfDoom: Nico uses one against Petra in Vernon's apartment. It doesn't work, though.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While George and Bruno are talking about the Dragon Energy, Colonel Butley passes by. Moments later, the colonel goes back to Cosmic Faerie with his shotgun.
* GoshDangItToHeck:
** Petra says "damn" whenever she fails in killing George and Nico.
** Towards the end of the game, George says "Oh, shoot!" after [[spoiler: he witnessed the Grand Master using the Dragon Power.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: George and Nico [[DutchAngle discover]] a dead body [[spoiler: near the elevator in underground theater with his chest been burned away.]]
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The soldiers in Susarro's castle aren't aware that [[spoiler: Nico is disguised as Petra. Justified that most of them never met Petra personally.]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Bruno, who cheats in Horus puzzle in order to let George and Nico escape from the temple.]]
* HollywoodFire: [[spoiler:George rescues Bruno from the burning warehouse.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: One of Vernon's neighbors said to Nico that she worked as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge before.
* KissOfDistraction: [[spoiler: Nico does this to Boris after George asks her to distract the guard for the fourth time. Judging from George's reaction, he's really hurt.]]
** Unfortunately, that scene becomes canon when Nico talks about it to George in the fourth game.
* KleptomaniacHeroFoundUnderwear: George receives [[spoiler:Bruno's]] shorts (or [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage "pants"]] as what Tristram says) in Glastonbury.
* LightAndMirrorsPuzzle: The game involves crystals under the temple in Congo.
* MeanwhileScene: The game cuts to the villains after [[spoiler: George, Nico and Bruno leave the abandoned theatre.]]
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: George calls himself "The Cat" after he found [[spoiler: the open window in the castle]].
* MineralMacGuffin: [[spoiler: The Key of Solomon. Not only it is used to activate the Dragon Power in Armillary, it is also a key to release Excalibur as well.]]
* NostalgiaLevel: The game features Flobbage (the old man from ''The Shadow of the Templars'') working in Montfaucon Square. There's also a sewer key available to that area but it is only used temporarily.
* PaperKeyRetrievalTrick: You do this while playing as Nico on the second visit to the murdered hacker's apartment, using her pencil and a handy nearby newspaper (the first time you [[SkeletonKeyCard climbed onto the balcony and opened the latch on a window with her press ID card]]).
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:The password for Vernon's safe is Beatrice's birthday.]]
* PlaceOfPower: [[spoiler: Glastonbury]].
* PowerIncontinence: Susarro once harnessed the Dragon Power, but this causes him to become weak and ill.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Nico makes one before her CatFight with Petra [[spoiler: in Glastonbury]].
* ThePrecariousLedge:
** Nico climbs to the scaffolding to get across to the theatre.
** George has to find another way to get inside the castle in Prague.
* PressXToNotDie: Occasionally.
* PreviouslyOn: The Extras menu includes plot summaries of previous two games on PC and PSX for the players who missed out on them during their initial release.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "Tristan's Lament".
* RansackedRoom: [[spoiler: Nico's apartment is ransacked by Susarro's agents in search for Bruno and the Key of Solomon while George and Nico are in Congo. Unfortunately, Andre is unable to stop them.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by Bruno Ostvald before his execution]].
* ScaledUp: [[spoiler: The Grand Master becomes a dragon, as a consequence of controlling the Dragon Power.]]
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: The two tunnels in Glastonbury. George wonders how he managed to get another way easily.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: "Pants" means underwear in UK English. This causes a nasty surprise for George.
* ShowWithinAShow: Eamon O' Mara's "Up Your Alley With Eamon".
* SkeletonKeycard: Nico managed to open the window in Vernon's room using her press card.
* SpikesOfDoom: The Dragon Temple in Congo has them. George temporarily blocks its cogs to stop the mechanism.
* StealthBasedMission: a few times, despite the game having ''no camera controls whatsoever''.
* StoppedClock: George finds a broken grandfather clock in [[spoiler: St. Stefan Chapter headquarters which indicates the time when Susarro's henchmen attacked the Templars.]]
* StormingTheCastle: George and Nico travel to Susarro's castle in Prague [[spoiler:to save Bruno]].
* StunGuns: [[spoiler: One of the members of St. Stefan Knights Templar uses a taser to knock out George and steal the Key of Solomon.]]
* ThirdIs3D: Applies.
* ToiletHumor: The game has the conversation between George and the pissoir caretaker in Montfaucon.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULpXhIrem4 E3 trailer]], you won't actually see George running around while wearing [[AdventurerOutfit safari outfit]] in Paris, or Nico and Petra having a fight inside Vernon's apartment in actual gameplay.
* TrashLanding: At Prague, George falls out in an AirVentPassageway and into a pile of socks.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The game has a couple of action sequences, including [[StealthBasedMission stealth]].
* VillainousCrush: Inverted when George is interested with Petra and asks Nico whether she would go blonde. Nico is very annoyed about it.
* WasntThatFun: After the characters escape from the guards [[spoiler:in Egypt]], Nico says it was fun but George disagrees after [[NiceJobBreakingItHero what she did]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"She was talking to me, Susarro!"]]
* WithFriendsLikeThese: George lampshades about it when [[spoiler: he and Nico see Susarro and the Grand Master arguing.]]
* WorkingTheSameCase: George investigates the murder of a scientist in Congo, while Nico is trying to find the killer who shot the computer hacker in Paris. George lampshades about it after he saves Nico in the theater.
!! These tropes can explain everything:
* AbandonedArea: L'Heiroglyphe.
* AdventurerOutfit: George and Nico wear safari outfits during their journey in Congo and [[spoiler:Egypt]].
* AncientOrderOfProtectors: The St. Stefan Chapter of the Knights Templar.
* AngryGuardDog: The dogs in Susarro's castle and in St. Stephan Chapter headquarters.
* ApocalypseCult: The Cult of the Dragon.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: George decides to put a famous legend to the test. [[spoiler: After been recently knighted by a long-forgotten Knights Templar sect, accidentally finding King Arthur's tomb and retrieving Excalibur (as it often happens, it's confused with the fabled 'sword in the stone') AND slaying a dragon, George throws the sword into a nearby lake. Nothing happens. Nico realizes that he believed a hand would come up out of the water and says, "Get real, George." with only the slightest hint of irony. Then the sword suddenly sinks, as if it was pulled under the water...]]
* ArmiesAreEvil: Susarro's army.
* AsideGlance: Before the credits roll George asks Nico what happened to [[spoiler: Petra, the assassin who tried to kill them both many times throughout the game]] which prompts her to say that she just, "disappeared" and her eyes quickly glace towards the camera/player. Potentially displaying Genre Savvy-ness, given how many other "disappeared" characters turn up in later games.
* AsTheGoodBookSays: George has to remember the verse from the book of Revelation in order to [[spoiler: open the secret door to Preceptor's chamber.]]
* [[spoiler:AttackOfThe50FootWhatever]]:[[spoiler: The dragon in Glastonbury]].
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: ''The Sleeping Dragon''.
* BattleInTheRain: The final challenge [[spoiler: has Nico and Petra having a showdown while George is fighting against the dragon in the middle of stormy weather.]]
* BerserkButton: [[MyNaymeIs Dudley Cholmondely]] gets angry at people who doesn't pronounce his name correctly.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Susarro and Petra, [[spoiler: but the latter one actually works for the Grand Master]].
* BigNo: [[spoiler: The Grand Master realizes that he cannot control the Dragon Power.]]
* BigRedButton: Cholmondely's machine has one but it causes to attract the enemy's attention. Later in the game, George lampshades about it after he pressed the button under [[spoiler: Susarro's desk.]]
* BlockPuzzle: Almost every other room, which was slightly controversial with casual adventure gamers.
* BookcasePassage: [[spoiler: There's a hidden emergency exit behind the bookshelf in Susarro's office and later a hidden passage in the catacomb's wine cellar.]]
* BorrowedCatchphrase: George hears [[ICanExplain his own catchphrase]] from Tristram [[spoiler:to avoid getting beaten by Eamon.]]
* BossRemix: [[spoiler:The Grand Master has one after his transformation into a dragon.]]
* BottomlessBladder: When Nico uses her bathroom her phone receives some of the messages. Later in the game, George can use the public toilet (or "pissoir", as the caretaker calls it) in Montfaucon square.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Inverted in the Japanese version. The cutscene where [[spoiler: Harry's plane is close to the roofs in flooded Glastonbury]] is more violent.
* BrokenRecord: This is what George describes to [[spoiler: the Anubis hologram]]. [[LampshadeHanging He and Nico think it's just a recording]].
* CallBack: The red clown's nose George carried around in the original game can be seen in Nico's apartment.
* CaneFu: Susarro [[spoiler: uses his cane as a shield to block George's punch.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler: Petra attempts to kill Nico this way to stop Nico from finding out the contents inside Vernon's DVD disc.]]
* CatFight: Nico and Petra.
* ChekhovsGun: The scarf in Dragon Temple. [[spoiler:This is the reason why the Cult of the Dragon decided to destroy the Templars of St. Stefan Chapter and steal the Key of Solomon in Paris.]]
* ChessWithDeath: [[spoiler:The Anubis challenges George and Nico by solving [[FoxChickenGrainPuzzle a puzzle that involves Horus]] for both of their own lives and gain access to the Armillary]].
* ClosetGeek: George reveals that he has a collection of ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' merchandise.
* ConceptArtGallery: As rewards after the ending credits.
* ContinuityNod: ''The Sleeping Dragon'' makes some references in the first game including the group of enemies, history of UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar [[spoiler: and George wants to tell Nico how he escaped in Bull's Head Hill in Syria again.]]
* ConvenientMisfire: Petra's magnum sometimes jams while she's trying to kill George and Nico.
* CooldownHug: Nico delivers one to George [[spoiler: after they witnessed Bruno's death.]]
* CopyProtection: The US PC version of ''The Sleeping Dragon'' contains the dreaded Starforce copy protection.
* CoupDeGraceCutscene: Near the end,[[spoiler: the cutscene shows George stabs the dragon's lower jaw and slashes its neck which turns the dragon into shattered crystals.]]
* CoversAlwaysLie: The Japanese [=PS2=] version cover features George and Nico swinging in the rope while Nico's wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt and holding a gun. They don't do anything like that in the actual game, though.
* TheCracker: Inverted with Vernon Blier who just hired for the need of money.
* {{Cult}}: The Cult of the Dragon which was a former group of [[spoiler: Neo-Templars.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: This game compared to the previous installments.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler: George and Nico discover a mutilated corpse near in the elevator and later an explorer who got impaled with spikes in Congo.]]
* DismantledMacGuffin: The three alphabet stones which are used [[spoiler:in opening the door to the Armillary]].
* DressingAsTheEnemy: George and Nico go undercover as [[spoiler: Susarro's henchmen to get inside the castle and save Bruno.]]
* ElaborateUndergroundBase:[[spoiler: The St. Stefan Chapter of Knights Templar hides in sewers in Montfaucon Square.]]
* ElevatorEscape: George and Nico have to reach the elevator before Petra captures them.
* EnemyChatter: Two soldiers in Susarro's castle are talking about Petra's interrogation methods.
* EscapeSequence: Happens few times in the game especially the parts where George and Nico have to flee from Petra.
* EverybodysDeadDave: Averted. [[spoiler: George enters to a room where several Templar members are killed by Susarro's army.]]
* ExactEavesDropping:
** George sees Susarro and two Congolonese soldiers talking through the cave's small hole.
** George and Nico overheard [[spoiler: Susarro's conversation about the search of Key of Solomon to Petra, Bruno and Flap]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At one point in the game, Zazie tells George that she saw a vision of Bruno being killed on fire and a dragon eye. Upon entering the warehouse, George only sees a mysterious man wearing a blue hood. [[spoiler: It turns out that man is the Grand Master, who will transform into a dragon.]]
* FryingPanOfDoom: Nico uses one against Petra in Vernon's apartment. It doesn't work, though.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While George and Bruno are talking about the Dragon Energy, Colonel Butley passes by. Moments later, the colonel goes back to Cosmic Faerie with his shotgun.
* GoshDangItToHeck:
** Petra says "damn" whenever she fails in killing George and Nico.
** Towards the end of the game, George says "Oh, shoot!" after [[spoiler: he witnessed the Grand Master using the Dragon Power.]]
* GoryDiscretionShot: George and Nico [[DutchAngle discover]] a dead body [[spoiler: near the elevator in underground theater with his chest been burned away.]]
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The soldiers in Susarro's castle aren't aware that [[spoiler: Nico is disguised as Petra. Justified that most of them never met Petra personally.]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Bruno, who cheats in Horus puzzle in order to let George and Nico escape from the temple.]]
* HollywoodFire: [[spoiler:George rescues Bruno from the burning warehouse.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: One of Vernon's neighbors said to Nico that she worked as a dancer at the Moulin Rouge before.
* KissOfDistraction: [[spoiler: Nico does this to Boris after George asks her to distract the guard for the fourth time. Judging from George's reaction, he's really hurt.]]
** Unfortunately, that scene becomes canon when Nico talks about it to George in the fourth game.
* KleptomaniacHeroFoundUnderwear: George receives [[spoiler:Bruno's]] shorts (or [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage "pants"]] as what Tristram says) in Glastonbury.
* LightAndMirrorsPuzzle: The game involves crystals under the temple in Congo.
* MeanwhileScene: The game cuts to the villains after [[spoiler: George, Nico and Bruno leave the abandoned theatre.]]
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: George calls himself "The Cat" after he found [[spoiler: the open window in the castle]].
* MineralMacGuffin: [[spoiler: The Key of Solomon. Not only it is used to activate the Dragon Power in Armillary, it is also a key to release Excalibur as well.]]
* NostalgiaLevel: The game features Flobbage (the old man from ''The Shadow of the Templars'') working in Montfaucon Square. There's also a sewer key available to that area but it is only used temporarily.
* PaperKeyRetrievalTrick: You do this while playing as Nico on the second visit to the murdered hacker's apartment, using her pencil and a handy nearby newspaper (the first time you [[SkeletonKeyCard climbed onto the balcony and opened the latch on a window with her press ID card]]).
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: [[spoiler:The password for Vernon's safe is Beatrice's birthday.]]
* PlaceOfPower: [[spoiler: Glastonbury]].
* PowerIncontinence: Susarro once harnessed the Dragon Power, but this causes him to become weak and ill.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Nico makes one before her CatFight with Petra [[spoiler: in Glastonbury]].
* ThePrecariousLedge:
** Nico climbs to the scaffolding to get across to the theatre.
** George has to find another way to get inside the castle in Prague.
* PressXToNotDie: Occasionally.
* PreviouslyOn: The Extras menu includes plot summaries of previous two games on PC and PSX for the players who missed out on them during their initial release.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: "Tristan's Lament".
* RansackedRoom: [[spoiler: Nico's apartment is ransacked by Susarro's agents in search for Bruno and the Key of Solomon while George and Nico are in Congo. Unfortunately, Andre is unable to stop them.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Lampshaded by Bruno Ostvald before his execution]].
* ScaledUp: [[spoiler: The Grand Master becomes a dragon, as a consequence of controlling the Dragon Power.]]
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: The two tunnels in Glastonbury. George wonders how he managed to get another way easily.
* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: "Pants" means underwear in UK English. This causes a nasty surprise for George.
* ShowWithinAShow: Eamon O' Mara's "Up Your Alley With Eamon".
* SkeletonKeycard: Nico managed to open the window in Vernon's room using her press card.
* SpikesOfDoom: The Dragon Temple in Congo has them. George temporarily blocks its cogs to stop the mechanism.
* StealthBasedMission: a few times, despite the game having ''no camera controls whatsoever''.
* StoppedClock: George finds a broken grandfather clock in [[spoiler: St. Stefan Chapter headquarters which indicates the time when Susarro's henchmen attacked the Templars.]]
* StormingTheCastle: George and Nico travel to Susarro's castle in Prague [[spoiler:to save Bruno]].
* StunGuns: [[spoiler: One of the members of St. Stefan Knights Templar uses a taser to knock out George and steal the Key of Solomon.]]
* ThirdIs3D: Applies.
* ToiletHumor: The game has the conversation between George and the pissoir caretaker in Montfaucon.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: In the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ULpXhIrem4 E3 trailer]], you won't actually see George running around while wearing [[AdventurerOutfit safari outfit]] in Paris, or Nico and Petra having a fight inside Vernon's apartment in actual gameplay.
* TrashLanding: At Prague, George falls out in an AirVentPassageway and into a pile of socks.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The game has a couple of action sequences, including [[StealthBasedMission stealth]].
* VillainousCrush: Inverted when George is interested with Petra and asks Nico whether she would go blonde. Nico is very annoyed about it.
* WasntThatFun: After the characters escape from the guards [[spoiler:in Egypt]], Nico says it was fun but George disagrees after [[NiceJobBreakingItHero what she did]].
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"She was talking to me, Susarro!"]]
* WithFriendsLikeThese: George lampshades about it when [[spoiler: he and Nico see Susarro and the Grand Master arguing.]]
* WorkingTheSameCase: George investigates the murder of a scientist in Congo, while Nico is trying to find the killer who shot the computer hacker in Paris. George lampshades about it after he saves Nico in the theater.
